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University professorships for Konrad Kording, George Demiris
Konrad Kording (left) and George Demiris

Penn Integrates Knowledge professors Konrad Kording (left), who has appointments in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine and George Demiris, who has appointments in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine.

University professorships for Konrad Kording, George Demiris

Kording, a data scientist who studies the brain, will become the Nathan Francis Mossell University Professor. Demiris, a gerontologist who studies IT to support older adults, will become the Mary Alice Bennett University Professor.

Michele W. Berger

Improving diversity in cancer clinical trials
Medical worker in a face mask holds a clipboard for an African American person to sign.

Improving diversity in cancer clinical trials

The Cancer Clinical Trials Community Ambassador Training Program at the Abramson Cancer Center was established in August 2021 to create spokespersons and resources to increase awareness and access to cancer clinical trials in the diverse Philadelphia communities. 

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Three Penn faculty named Hastings Center Fellows
Holly Fernandez Lynch, Quayshawn Spencer, and Connie Ulrich.

Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine, Quayshawn Spencer of the School of Arts & Sciences, and Connie Ulrich of the School of Nursing.

Three Penn faculty named Hastings Center Fellows

Holly Fernandez Lynch, Quayshawn Spencer, and Connie Ulrich have been named Hastings Center Fellows for deepening public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology.
A chewing gum that could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Side by side panels that compare before treatment with after treatment with ACE2 gum show a marked decline in bubbles, indicating the virus.

A chewing gum that could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission

In experiments using saliva samples from COVID-19 patients, the gum, which contains the ACE2 protein, neutralized the virus, according to research led by School of Dental Medicine scientists.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Changing the identity of cancer cells to eliminate them
Human cells with acute myeloid leukemia

New findings from a study led by the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Andrés Blanco point a way forward for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. (Image: National Cancer Institute)

Changing the identity of cancer cells to eliminate them

A team led by the School of Veterinary Medicine’s M. Andrés Blanco has uncovered a new target for treating certain blood cancers that works by removing an obstacle to their maturation.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Access to HIV self-tests in Kenya
People light red candles in the shape of an AIDS awareness ribbon as darkness sets in

World AIDS Day is celebrated around the globe on Dec. 1 each year to raise awareness in the fight against HIV. In this photo from Nov. 30, 2020, Nepalese people light candles around the symbol of an AIDS ribbon during an Eve of the 33rd World AIDS Day celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Image: Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via AP Images)

Access to HIV self-tests in Kenya

Marking World AIDS Day, Harsha Thirumurthy of the Perelman School of Medicine offers four takeaways from his research exploring the impact access to free HIV self-tests had on women in Kenya and on the importance of HIV awareness.

Kristen de Groot

Common cardiac device implants and persistent opioid use overlap
White pills in a pile.

Common cardiac device implants and persistent opioid use overlap

A new study from Penn Medicine shows that about 12% of patients who receive implantable cardiac devices will continue taking pain medication in the months afterward.

Brandon Lausch